Door-hanger.



E. G. WORDEN.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 1, 1908.

904,393. Patented No 17,1908.

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EDSON G. WORDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed. April 1, 1908. Serial No. 424,480.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDsoN G. WoRoEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Door-Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to door hangers such as are used for supporting parlor doors, folding doors, and sliding gates.

The object of the invention is to provide a hanger of very simple construction which will facilitate the hanging of the door and enable the height of the door to be nicely adjusted.

A further object of the invention is to con struct and arrange the parts so as to relieve the mechanism of jars or shocks when the door is swung open or closed.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of ref erence indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper part of a door provided with hangers constructed according to my invention; a portion of the stringer to which the rail is attached, is broken away; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of one of the hangers showing the same in position together with its contiguous parts, certain parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow; in this view I also show the lintel of the door frame in cross section; and Fig. 4 is a perspective of a stop, two of which are used for limiting the sliding movement of the door when it is being opened or closed.

Referring more particularly to the parts, and especially to Fig. 1, 1 represents the door and 2 represents the stringer over the door to which the supporting rail 3 is attached, as indicated. Near the vertical edges of the door 1, and on the upper edge thereof, my hangers 4 are applied; there being two hangers employed to support one door.

Referring now especially to Figs. 2 and- 3, the details of the construction of the hanger will be described. Each hanger comprises a strap 5, the upper part of which is bent into a yoke of inverted U shape, as indicated in Fig. 3, and in this yoke a wheel 6 is pivotally mounted, as shown. The lower part of this strap is formed into a stirrup 7 which is integral with the yoke. As viewed in front elevation, this stirrup is bent or curved toward one side, that is, toward the vertical edge of the door as indicated in Fig. 2. The stirrup is formed with an opening or socket 8 and at a suitable point in this socket it is provided with a transverse fixed pin 9. The lower end of the stirrup 7 presents an inclined seat 10, and beyond this seat a second inclined seat 11 is formed. These seats are to receive the shanks of adjusting screws 12 and 13, the former being loose and the latter threaded in the stirrup.

The wheel 6 is adapted to run upon the rail 3, which has the form shown in Fig. 3, and is formed with a flange 15 which is attached to the'outer face of the stringer 2, as shown. In order to prevent the wheel 6 from becoming dislodged from the rail 3, the upper part of the stirrup is formed with an upwardly projecting shoulder 16, as in dicated in Fig. 2, and this shoulder lies near the under side of the rail. This shoulder will evidently prevent an upward movement of the hanger on the rail, which might tend to dislodge the wheel.

Upon the upper edge of the door 1, a shoe 17 is attached, the form of which is very clearly shown in Fig. 2. It is provided with a base flange 18 which is rigidly secured to the edge of the door, as will be readily understood, and from this flange the shoe extends upwardly, lying substantially in the plane of the door. This shoe has the form of a heavy plate, a portion of which at one side reduced so as to form a reinforcing web 19, as indicated. The upper part of the shoe is formed into a horizontal nose 20 having a curved or inclined edge 21 on the under side thereof. At a suitable point the nose 20 is provided with an upwardly inclined slot 22, and this slot is inclined so that its longitudinal axis is substantially parallel with the axes of the adjusting screws 12 and 13. Just below the entrance to the slot 22, the forward edge of the shoe is formed into a guiding edge 23 which inclines oppositely to the edge 21 aforesaid. In this way a guiding throat is formed which assists in bringing the shoe ing 26 and is screwed up.

In hanging the door 1, it should be understood that the strap 1s moved toward the shoe so that the pin or stud 9 will strike the 7 lower edge of the nose 20. The edge 21 then guides the stud along it into the slot 22. The passing of the stud into the slot is facilitated by the inclined edge 23, as suggested above. fter the stud 9 has been brought into the slot as described, the adjusting screw 12 is set in its threaded open- The screw 13 is set in position, and when its point strikes the seat 25 it will support the shoe. When the head of the screw 13 comes against the seat 1.1 the door will be supported in its highest possible adjusted position. In adjusting the door downwardly the screw 12 will be turned, which will draw the shoe downwardly and advance the slot 22 upon the stud In this way it will be seen that the screw 12 affords means for drawing the shoe down, while the screw 13 affords means for forcing it up. It will be evident that on account of the inclined position of the stirrup, the screws 12 and 13 may be adjusted by means of a screw driver, and the edge of the door will not project so as to prevent the use of the screw driver,

As indicated in Fig. 1, the hangers are ap plied so that the noses 20 thereof face in opposite directions. The nose of each hanger is provided with a small pocket 27 for a buffer 28, said buffer being formed of rubber or similar cushioning material. Attached to the under side of the stringer 2, at the limits of movement of the door 1, I provide stops or stop plates 29. The form of these plates is very clearly shown'in Fig. 4. Each plate is provided with a horizontal. flange 30 which is provided with openings 31 to receive screws 32 which pass into the stringer, as indicated in Fig. 2. The flange 30 is formed integral with the vertically disposed web 33, and this web projects out from the flange to the rail and lies in the path of the nose 20. When the door is swung to the limit of its movement the buffer 28 strikes against this web and stops the door, as will be readily understood.

It will be observed that on account of the fact that the slots 22 are oppositely inclined, the door will always be hung in a central position with respect to the straps and hangers. The noses 20 facilitate very much the assembling of the parts of the hanger, and as the studs 9 fit substantially tight into the slots 22, there is no possibility of play or movement between the parts of the hanger when the adjusting screws 12 and 13 are tightened up, as described. The thickness of the shoe is of course substantially the same as the width of the socket 8 in the stirrup, so that longitudinal play of the door can take place. In order to utilize the cushioning effect of the noses 20, they should of course project well beyond the straps, as indicated.

It will be evident that on account of the upward inclination of the slots the action of gravity tends to maintain the shoes in the stirrups; and if the screws 12 and 13 were absent the stirrups would run inwardly till the pins 9 arrived at the inner ends of the slots; this would allow the door to hang very low. The screws 13 prevent the stirrups from running in as suggested and the screws 12 act as followers so as to fix the stirrup on the shoe, for the heads of the screws 12 come against the lower end of the stirrups and these screws draw the shoes down tight against the screws 13. In other words the screws of each hanger oppose each other, one screw operating to advance the pin in one direction in the slot, the other operating to advance the pin in the opposite direction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 7

1. A door hanger comprising a strap having a yoke to extend over a rail, a shoe adapted to be attached to the door, means for guiding said shoe upon said strap in an inclined direction, an adjusting device for drawing said shoe downwardly with re spect to said strap, and a second adjusting device for forcing said shoe upwardly with respect to said strap. Q

2. A door hanger, comprising a strap having a stirrup formed in its lower part, a shoe adapted to be attached to the door and having a substantially horizontal nose projecting into said stirrup, said nose having upwardly inclined guiding means, a member on said stirrup to engage said guiding means, and adapted to be guided into engagement by said nose, said member aifording means for guiding said shoe in an inclined direction in said stirrup, and means for adjusting said shoe in said stirrup.

3. A door hanger, comprising a strap having a yoke adapted to be hung over a support, a shoe adapted to be attached to the door, one of said parts having an inclined slot, the other of said parts having a pin received in said slot and affording means for guiding the said parts one upon the other, an adjusting screw having its axis substantially parallel with said slot and afiording means for drawing said shoe in one direction with respect to said strap, and a second adjusting screw mounted in one of said parts. and

thrusting against the other of said parts,

said second adjusting screw affording means for forcing said parts in a direction opposite to that of said first screw.

4. A door hanger comprising a strap with a yoke adapted to be hung over a support and having a stirrup provided with a trans verse pin, a shoe adapted to be secured to the door, having a nose adapted to engage said stirrup and also having an inclined slot to receive said pin, a screw loosely mounted in said stirrup and having threaded engagement with said shoe, and a second adjusting screw having threaded engagement with said stirrup and thrusting against said shoe, said screws having their axes substantially parallel with said slot whereby they afford means for adjusting said shoe with respect to said stirrup.

5. In combination, a rail, a strap movably supported on said rail and having a stirrup formed at the lower portion thereof, a shoe adapted to be attached to the door and having a nose projecting through and beyond said stirrup and in the direction of the side edge of the door, means for adjusting said shoe upon said stirrup to raise or lower the door, and a stop in the path of said nose and adapted to be struck by the end of said nose to limit the movement of the door.

6. In combination, a rail, straps movably supported on said rail and having stirrups formed at the lower parts of said straps and inclining outwardly, shoes adapted to be atta ched to the edge of said door, having noses passing through said stirrups and projecting outwardly therebeyond, means carried by the lower ends of said stirrups for adjusting said shoes 011 said stirrup to raise and lower the door, and fixed stops mounted adjacent to said rail in the path of said noses and affording means for arresting the movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDSON G. WORDEN.

Witnesses F. D. AMMER, JOHN P. DAVIS. 

